▲ 601 ▼ European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batteries (www.techspot.com) submitted 3 years ago by withersailor@aussie.zone to c/technology@beehaw.org 234 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] HelixTitan@beehaw.org 8 points 3 years ago (2 children) Man I wish the US regulatory body would throw some wrenches like this at the tech companies here. They need a wake up call, start with breaking up Meta. Right to repair is also often gutted permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] MrMeatballGuy@feddit.dk 6 points 3 years ago* The US leans very heavily into capitalism, so passing laws that make companies less money probably isn't what the government has as a priority unfortunately. Companies can make a lot more money selling you a new device than selling you a battery, even if the battery has crazy markups like most manufacturers that have replacement batteries available do. permalink fedilink source parent [–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago Regulatory capture is a hell of a drug permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MrMeatballGuy@feddit.dk 6 points 3 years ago* The US leans very heavily into capitalism, so passing laws that make companies less money probably isn't what the government has as a priority unfortunately. Companies can make a lot more money selling you a new device than selling you a battery, even if the battery has crazy markups like most manufacturers that have replacement batteries available do. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 years ago Regulatory capture is a hell of a drug permalink fedilink source parent